Temporal changes in the positivity rate of common enteric viruses among paediatric admissions in coastal Kenya, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to curb the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, substantially disrupted the activity of other respiratory viruses. However, there is limited data from low-and-middle income countries (LMICs) to determine whether these NPIs also impacted the transmission of common enteric viruses. Here, we investigated the changes in the positivity rate of five enteric viruses among hospitalised children who presented with diarrhoea to a referral hospital in coastal Kenya, during COVID-19 pandemic period.

Methods

A total of 870 stool samples from children under 13 years of age admitted to Kilifi County Hospital between January 2019, a

SUBMITTER: Lambisia AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765698 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature